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Drafting the future of the parks: As the public comment period on the most recent draft of the US National Park Service's management policy ends? the core document that governs the day-to-day operation of the national parks appears to reaffirm the principle that preservation is the core "historical" mission of the parks. This has been the philosphy guiding the Park Service "not only" in the US but in other parts of the world as well for years. This has led to park-people conflicts mostly in the South. Earlier Bush administration attempted to give recreation and commercial use a much higher priority in the original draft. But the new draft, after the public comments, reaffirms the core objective of conservation. Does conservation without securing livelihood of forest dependent people mean following a rough road and facing bumps ahead (May be not for US?).

Where are the great intellectuals..common shed some light on this..

there are lots of forest, but few national parks.

people whose livelihood are dependant on forest have plenty of places to work. on the other hand, national treasures like the national park, esp ones like Yellowstone are few and far between. IF people whose livelihood depends on forest wish to secure their future, then they need to practice conservation and proper use of the land.

the reality is, those who really do depend on the forest know this, and do this. its the people that demand more forest be open to their exploitation that are having trouble with the idea that some forest are beyond their reach. They care little for the future generations, and the beauty of the treasures, preferring the beauty of a well stocked bar and newest car. These are the ones that try to convience people that people are suffering without turning every forest into a desert or condomendium community.

its possible to put roads into places like yellowstone without killing off all the wildlife. what is difficult is having all the people that want to take suveneirs from the land, or who want to have a picture taken of them petting a bison and having them in close contact with animals and things that are easily destroyed by that contact.

everyone agrees that you need to limit the contact as long as its other people who are limited.